Cristiano Ronaldo was the star player for Al-Nassr as his two goals helped his team to a big win over Al-Hilal on Friday. Ronaldo scored twice in the second half of the game, helping his team beat Al-Hilal 2-1 and move up to third place in the Saudi Pro League standings.
Al Nassr won against Al Hilal in week 26 of the Saudi Pro League 2024/2025. They scored two goals, one in each half, from Ali Al Hassan (45+4′) and Cristiano Ronaldo (47′ and 88′).
On the other hand, Al Hilal’s only goal came from Ali Al Bulayhi’s header in the 62nd minute, following a pass from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
Al Nassr are now in third place with 54 points. Al Hilal stay in 2nd place with 57 points.
Al Hilal will visit Al Ettifaq’s headquarters next week. Meanwhile, Al Nassr will challenge Ar Riyadh.
The duel between Al Hilal and Al Nassr was fierce from the start of the match.
Obviously, Al Hilal and Al Nassr took turns to attack their opponents’ defensive area.
However, Al Nassr were the first to take the lead after Ali Al Hassan latched onto a sweet pass from Marcelo Brozovic to score in the 45th minute.
Al Nassr started the second half with more confidence. With a goal in hand, Cristiano Ronaldo and his colleagues played a more open game.
As a result, Al Nassr doubled their lead in the 47th minute through a powerful shot from Cristiano Ronaldo.
Al Hilal did manage to reduce the deficit to 2-1 through Ali Al Bulayhi in the 62nd minute.
However, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his second goal from the penalty spot in the 88th minute. By the time the referee blew his whistle to end the match, the score between Al Hilal and Al Nassr was 1-3.
